Arhopala perimuta, the yellowdisc oakblue or yellowdisc tailless oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Frederic Moore in 1857. It is found in Southeast Asia (Sikkim to Assam, Burma, Thailand, Mergui and Peninsular Malaya).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. perimuta
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| Arhopala perimuta | |
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A. perimuta has been established as the type of a separate genus: Darasana Moore (1884),recognizable by the margin of the wings being on all sides rounded, whereby the tailless hindwing appears almost exactly oviform; only the apex of the forewing forms a slight point. Upper surface of male glaringly sky-blue with a black margin of about 1 mm width, under surface violettish-brown with dark, curved, almost parallel transverse lines.[2]
Subspecies edit
- Arhopala perimuta perimuta (Sikkim to Assam, northern Burma, central Burma, northern Thailand)
- Arhopala perimuta regina Corbet, 1941 (southern Burma, Mergui, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia)
References edit
- ^ Moore, F., 1857. Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 5 + 278 + 4 + 11pp., 12 + 6 pls. London.
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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External links edit
- "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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